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The Dugout: Watchmaker, Part One

Oh my God.Pending a physical, journeyman relief pitcher and personal performance icon Kyle Farnsworth has agreed to a two-year, $9.25 million dollar contract with the Kansas City Royals. It is a deal that helps nobody, really. Unless you count us. Step aside, respected bloggers. We got this. Tonight's Dugout is after the...

Footprints in the Snow: Detroit Tigers

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2009.The Tigers were the most disappointing team in the majors last year. A preseason pick for the World Series by many, they finished dead last in the AL Central, thanks mostly to a pitching staff that ranked...

Will the Tigers Slash Payroll This Winter?

The Tigers went for broke this year, bumping their payroll from $95 million last season to $138 million this year in hopes of buying a spot in the postseason. In hindsight, it wasn't meant to be: the Tigers sit 8 1/2 games out of the division lead, and considering they've won just three of their past 12, the deficit seems...

Chelios Wants Another Season in Detroit

As I was watching Chris Chelios skating the Stanley Cup around the ice at Mellon Arena last night, I couldn't help but wonder: Was this the last we'd see of the 46-year old defenseman? After playing in 15 of Detroit's first 16 playoff games, Chelios was injured at the tail end of the Western Conference Finals with Dallas,...

Tigers Trying to Extend Miguel Cabrera

Considering the TIgers gave up six prospects to get Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera, it's not a huge surprise they're doing their best to keep them in Detroit for the foreseeable future. Willis was taken care of last month when he signed a three-year extension worth $29 million to keep him wearing the Olde English D...

MikeIlitch News From the Web

05/31/12 Ilitch, on Lidstrom: 'We're not going to see anybody... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Mike Ilitch has scaled mountains in business and sports because of his foresight, which makes his words about Nicklas Lidstroms retirement even more painful.
05/29/12 Lockout + Wings attempts to publicly subsidize new... Source: Kukla's Korner [A lockout] could be a roadblock to getting a new arena built in downtown Detroit, a Clemson University economics professor said in a story by Crain's Detroit Business.
05/27/12 Drew Sharp: Like maligned Heat, Tigers' fate is... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Do the Tigers risk becoming baseball's version of the Miami "Hate"?
05/24/12 Wings look to build new arena in Detroit Source: The Windsor Star - ON - Canada ItÃ¢s seen four Stanley Cup-championship teams, the nomination of a future U.S. president (Ronald Reagan) and many of the biggest names in music, but Joe Louis Arena has also seen better days.
05/21/12 Report: Red Wings hire architect to design new arena... Source: CBSSports.com While the fans aren't exactly lining the streets of Detroit chanting "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! The old Joe has got to go!" there is at least awareness that a new arena would be nice.